He indicated it will close the loop on Obligado. And he's taking some notes as to how to tie it into the greater goings on in Origin.

Very awesome that he'll be a part of this.

Here's a question I'll pose to people:

The main story of Origin will be all lavish digital color. Should the 5 or 6 page (or whatever it ends up being) Murphy/Lawson Obligado piece be in B&W with duotones or should it also be in the same lavish digital color? My gut wants to make it in B&W with duotones to keep form with the other Obligado pieces but I'm curious what you folks think.

EDIT: any specific reason why you're going with color for "Origin," Andrew? Not knocking the choice, just curious?

It's nothing new for Mirage TMNT. Volume 2 was that, and IDW is recoloring all of that older stuff anyway. But for this, it's some pretty larger than life stuff. Deep space travel, nebulae, cosmic forces and entities and rays... in B&W, even digital duotoning, a lot of the full effect I have in mind would be lost in a story like this.

Plus I don't feel like Jim Lawson's art has ever really been given a fair shake at some modern digital lavish coloring in a longer form. I want to make that happen.